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Grass, nose, old bill, snout - police and criminal slang has sidled its way into the vocabulary as stealthily as a cat burglar, and indeed the appendix of slang is as good a place to start as any in this fat A-Z account of over 500 aspects of Scotland Yard, covering its 170-year history as one of the world's best-known peacekeeping operations. Other appendices provide names and brief details of those who received medals, or died in service, each one an insight in miniature into life in the Yard. The main entries provide entensive coverage of any aspect you care to think of, including key individuals; special divisions, such as the Flying Squad and Special Branch; major incidents, for example the 1910 siege of Sidney Street, and so on. Definitely a reference book rather than a 'read', but one you'll find strangely compelling. (An updated paperback edition of the illustrated book first published in 1999). (Kirkus UK)
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Published with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police, these entries cover a range of subjects, from the infamous criminals who have featured large in the Yard's history through the strikes, riots, sieges and disasters that have tested the force over the years to the activities, techniques and structures of the modern Scotland Yard.
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Grass, nose, old bill, snout - police and criminal slang has sidled its way into the vocabulary as stealthily as a cat burglar, and indeed the appendix of slang is as good a place to start as any in this fat A-Z account of over 500 aspects of Scotland Yard, covering its 170-year history as one of the world's best-known peacekeeping operations. Other appendices provide names and brief details of those who received medals, or died in service, each one an insight in miniature into life in the Yard. The main entries provide entensive coverage of any aspect you care to think of, including key individuals; special divisions, such as the Flying Squad and Special Branch; major incidents, for example the 1910 siege of Sidney Street, and so on. Definitely a reference book rather than a 'read', but one you'll find strangely compelling. (An updated paperback edition of the illustrated book first published in 1999). (Kirkus UK)
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Published with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police, these entries cover a range of subjects, from the infamous criminals who have featured large in the Yard's history through the strikes, riots, sieges and disasters that have tested the force over the years to the activities, techniques and structures of the modern Scotland Yard.
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